Having entered the Christmas season, we ask those who find the work of the Mystagogy Resource Center beneficial to them to help us continue our work with a generous financial gift as you are able. As an incentive, we are offering the following booklet.

In 1909 the German philosopher Arthur Drews wrote a book called "The Myth of Christ", which New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman has called "arguably the most influential mythicist book ever produced," arguing that Jesus Christ never existed and was simply a myth influenced by more ancient myths. The reason this book was so influential was because Vladimir Lenin read it and was convinced that Jesus never existed, thus justifying his actions in promoting atheism and suppressing the Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union. Moreover, the ideologues of the Third Reich would go on to implement the views of Drews to create a new "Aryan religion," viewing Jesus as an Aryan figure fighting against Jewish materialism. 

Due to the tremendous influence of this book in his time, George Florovsky viewed the arguments presented therein as very weak and easily refutable, which led him to write a refutation of this text which was published in Russian by the YMCA Press in Paris in 1929. This apologetic brochure titled "Did Christ Live? Historical Evidence of Christ" was one of the first texts of his published to promote his Neopatristic Synthesis, bringing the patristic heritage to modern historical and cultural conditions. With the revival of these views among some in our time, this text is as relevant today as it was when it was written. 

Never before published in English, it is now available for anyone who donates at least $20 to the Mystagogy Resource Center upon request (please specify in your donation that you want the book). Thank you.



February 1, 2019

Taking Some Time Off


Dear Readers:

I will be taking a few weeks off from posting anything new, beginning today. Just need to focus on other things that have piled up, and also want to spend some time organizing and expanding this ministry. Working full time and maintaining this ministry takes up many hours, as you can imagine, so every once in a while breaks like this are needed. I will continue posting the daily readings on Facebook and Twitter.

When I return, hopefully around my birthday on February 15th, I am hoping to make a few exciting announcements. Unfortunately, the past few months have been a bad time for this ministry, as financial goals were not met, and for every new subscription I received since November, I had eleven cancel. Though this is a setback, out of gratitude to all who continue to support this ministry, during this time off I will improve the experience, and expand this ministry, in the hope that this setback is temporary. So if you like what we have going at the Mystagogy Resource Center, and want more, make sure to subscribe and contribute as you are able.

Usually during my time off I get a lot of messages and emails. Please withhold, as I will be focusing on other things. However, feel free to continue submitting questions for the Erotapokriseis website, which will be answered there in time.

Thank you. See ya in a few weeks!

With love in Christ,

John Sanidopoulos

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